Garden Extended

A few days ago, I think Thursday, I extended the garden west.  We had an area that we planted shasta daisies, foxgloves and cosmos.  The only thing that sprouted were the cosmos at the end of the bed at the fence corner.  By the way, the cosmos that popped up are right beside the ever encroaching Peppermint. 
This area was just a bare area that I just had to weed.  It was getting to me.  Now we have it filled!

There are two shasta daisy mounds and three sentimental blue balloon mounds to bring some flowery goodness to the garden area.  Plus, I have an addiction that I had to feed.  I bought some more tomatoes and peppers.  I added these to the garden and potted one.  We now have a Jalapeno and a Green Pepper plant.  We also added a Big Beef and Big Boy tomato plant. 

We had a couple garden surprises.  Good surprises!  I found these last week.  When was doing my almost daily garden maintenance, I moved a pot to reveal foot tall tomato plant! 

It's kind of hard to see in this picture, but it's in the cage.  It is right on the edge of the sidewalk.  We don't know what kind of tomato it is.  Last year we had Brandywine, Roma and Super 100 cherry tomato plants in the area.  We'll see what it is.  Pretty cool!

Right after I discovered that tomato, I found the other tomato surprise.  It was at the west end of the bed right the edge of the lawn.  I caged it and it is doing well.  The one thing about the tomatoes from last year, is they were monster producers.  They were over 7 feet tall and full of tomatoes!  It was awesome. 

I hope these new additions flourish and give us a nice harvest.  Like the spinach.  I just got our third harvest of spinach of the year tonight.  I love it!

Garden Envy?

I think I have a little garden envy. 

This is a complement to Rochelle and Brian.  A couple days ago, I stopped by to visit my sister for a bit.  Brian and Rochelle showed me how their garden was progressing.  I was impressed.  Their lettuce was abundant and healthy.  The squash was everywhere.  Tomatoes were big and flowering.  The chard was looking great, too.  And to my amazement, the peppers and cucumbers I gave them were twice the size of mine!  And I put mine in the ground before theirs!!!  Wow.  They have their garden working! 

So, today I went to Habig's Garden Center to get some organic fertilizer.  I got a few different kinds to cater to my different veggies.  We got a good rain today, which my garden needed.  Then everything got a good dose of fertilizer.  This should do them good till next month.  I hope this gives everything a boost.  I did leave the green beans along.  They're doing great. 

Also, when I stopped by Habig's, they had some peppers and tomatoes left that were doing great and were on sale.  So I might have to go buy a few more pots and add to my veggie pot collection.  I'm sure Miss 38th Street will be thrilled.  I'll report later.

We did put Miss 38th Street's upside down flower pot on the hanger a few days ago.  It looks good.  See?

More Peas

After Miss 38th Street harvested the first spinach of the year on June 4th, I planted 16 more peas the next day.  I'm puttin this info in here for my records.  The other peas are doing fantastic.  Actually, the peas, green beans, Vivian lettuce, Thai Sun chilis, and spinach are all doing great.  The watermelons are not looking good.  Something is eating away at the few leaves they have.  I didn't see any insects on them.  The cucumbers beside the watermelons are looking healthy, though.  I have to do some investigating. 

I also planted a couple things in the landscaping without telling Miss 38th Street.  She saw one, which was a Thai Sun.  The other she hasn't seen yet.  I wonder where it is?  And what it is?  Hmmm... 

First Harvest

Well, we got our first harvest of the season.  It's about a bowl's worth of spinach.  Ha!  Not too much, but we grew it.  I can't wait to have a salad!  Anyway, the garden is looking fine.  Some things look great, others look...  eh.  The strawberries are producing, but all the fruits look terrible and wilted.  I've had to pick all of them and toss them out.  I'm not sure what the problem is on those.  I'll have some more pics soon.  In the meantime, I'll be cozying up with my Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening.